Apple charlotte with toasted brioche

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 charlotte, you will need:

• 1 300 g Stewed apple (compote)
• 2 4 apples
• 3 40 g butter
• 4 3 tablespoons Clarified butter
• 5 3 tablespoons caster sugar
• 6 a little Chantilly cream (optional)
• 7 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 8 1 Nanterre brioche
• Total weight: 1,515 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
55 min.	20 min.	1 hour 5 min.	2 hours 20 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Peel 4 apples, cut in four and remove core.
2	Melt 40 g butter (clarified if possible) in a frying pan over high heat, add apple quarters. Cook 2 or 3 minutes, then sprinkle with 3 tablespoons caster sugar and cook a few more minutes until well caramelised. Set aside.
3	Slice 300 g Stewed apple (compote) fairly thinly (1/2 cm or 0.4 inch thick) and remove crust. Cut into rectangles same height as your mould, and triangles for top and bottom. Try the brioches pieces in the mould to check for fit: the rectangles should overlap slightly.
4	Turn on the grill. Melt 3 tablespoons Clarified butter. Put all the brioche pieces on a grill pan or thick baking sheet.
5	Using a brush, coat each slice of brioche with melted butter, then sprinkle with some caster sugar.
6	Put under the grill.
7	Supervise carefully, remove brioche pieces as soon as they are golden brown. Set aside.
8	Brush the mould with melted butter, then put in 1 tablespoon caster sugar and spread it around evenly by shaking and turning. We do this to make turning out easier after cooking. Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
9	Line the mould with brioche pieces, toasted side against the mould, overlapping the rectangles slightly.
10	Add stewed apples to about ¼ depth of mould.
11	Then a layer of caramelized apples .
12	Then a second stewed apples layer, and finally a layer of brioche .
13	Put in the oven for about 30 minutes.
14	Allow to cool a for a while before turning out.
15	Enjoy cold or warm with whipped cream (creme chantilly - delightful!) or real custard (crème anglaise).

Remarks

For a quicker, easier version, don't make caramelized apples, just used more stewed apple.

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